Handbag holder



G. KRONER HANDBAG HOLDER Nov. 13, 1962 INVENTOR. fo/P65 /r/Pa/vff? Filed Jan. 4, 1961 rates Unite This invention relates to the storage of ladies handbags, and more particularly to a handbag holder especially suited for use in a closet.

Ladies handbags are ordinarily stored in a drawer or on a closet shelf. The handbags then are subject to scratching or marring, and are not protected from dust or dirt. They tend to move about and to clutter a drawer.

The general object of the present invention is to overcome the foregoing difliculties, and to provide a handbag holder which facilitates storage and which protectively shields the handbags, and yet which is conveniently accessible forinstant removal of a desired handbag, without disturbing the others. The holder may be made of inexpensive flexible materials; is readily folded to small dimension for shipment, storage, sale, or when not in use, andyet is designed to hang in a typical clothes closet without taking appreciable room in the clothes closet. Its use saves valuable drawer space.

To accomplish the foregoing objects, and other more specific objects which will heerinafter appear, my invention resides in the handbag holder elements and their relation one to another as are hereinafter more particularly described in the following specification. The speciication is accompanied by a drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a handbag holder embodying features of my invention;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the insertion or removal of a handbag;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section taken `approximately in the plane of the line 3-3 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section taken approximately in the plane of the line 4-4 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 5 is an enlarged horizontal section taken approximately in the plane of the line 5 5 of FIG. 1.

Referring to the drawing, and more particularly to FIG. 1, the handbag holder comprises a plurality of upright tapes 12 and 14, and a plurality of handbag supporting pockets 16, 1S, 2t) and 22 secured one above the other to said tapes, for a total height not exceeding that suitable for suspension of the holder in a typical clothes closet. For this purpose there is a means generally designated 24, 26 at the upper ends of the tapes to facilitate suspending the holder. The pockets may all be alike, and referring to the upper pocket 16 as typical, it has sides 28 and 30, and a bottom 32, but the pocket is open at the ends and at the top. This will also be clear from inspection of FIG. 2.

The tapes are preferably in pairs, that is, tape 12 has a companion or paired tape 112, and tape 14 has a companion or paired tape 114. The pockets are secured between the tapes. The upper edge of the side 28 of pocket 16 is secured to the tapes at that side, that is, to the tapes 12 and 14, as by means of rivets, eyelets, grippers, or other such fastener shown at 34. The upper edge of the other side 30 is similarly secured to the tapes at that side, that is, to the tapes 112 and 114, as indicated in FIG. 2 by the fasteners 36. With this construction each pocket nay consist simply of a piece of exible fabric folded to rJrovide the sides 28 and 30 and the bottom 32. In the irawing all thicknesses of materials have been greatly zxaggerated.

It will be understood that in such case the bottom 32 is defined when a handbag is placed in the pocket, and

yet may seem to disappear when no handbag is in the pocket, this being so because the flexible fabric may fold at the middle so that a part of the bottom becomes an extension of the side 28 and another part becomes an extension of the side 30. Similar remark applies when the holder is folded and packaged for shipment and sale, etc., for at such time the pockets appear to be made up merely `of two sides with no bottom. However, when the pocket is being used as such it appears to have two sides and a bottom, in contrast with the top and ends which remain open.

This open construction of the pocket not only simplies the structure and makes it inexpensive, but is a great convenience for easy insertion and removal of a handbag, and to permit the user to see the handbags for selection of a desired one without having to disturb the others.

The means to facilitate suspension of the holder may be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4. It comprises a horizontal bar 26 of rigid material which preferably is disposed edgewise. A hook 24, dimensioned like that of a clothes hanger, is secured at its lower end to the middle of the -bar 261. The pair of tapes 12, 112 is secured near one end of the bar, and the other pair of tapes 14, 114 is secured near the other end of the bar. Thus, the tapes are supported by and are spaced apart by the bar. The hook preferably is disposed in the plane of the bar, so that the bar normally assumes a position perpendicular to the horizontal pipe or rod 40 used in a typical clothes closet to receive clothes hangers. The handbag holder then occupies a minimum of closet space, and the open ends of the pockets are directed toward a person looking into the closet, thereby exposing the handbags.

Any desired flexible material may be used for the pockets and tapes. In preferred form, I employ a plastics sheet material which has a brushed silk finish, and which has diagonal lines of simulated stitching (not shown )to pr0- vide a somewhat puffed or quilted appearance. To enhance the attractive appearance of the holder the pockets may be laminated with an oppositely quilted lining. For example, the outer material may have a brushed silk appearance of suitable color, say, antique gold, and the inner material may be white. The edges may be bound by means of a folded tape or piping which is stitched therearound, as is shown at 42 in FIGS. 3 and 5.

The tapes may be made of similar laminated material, and may be finished at the edges by similar piping, as shown at 44 in FIG. 5. The tapes in one pair, say 14 and 114, may he continuous, that is, a single long tape may extend around the bar 26 and down the sides to the bottom where the ends may be secured together, or the ends may be overlapped and secured together at any other desired point.

As a matter of nish and appearance, the bar 26 preferably is itself enclosed in the same plastics sheet material, and here again, as best shown in FIG. 4, two sides 52 and 54 may be employed, with the edges bound or piped at 56. In such case the covering material 52, 54 preferably is made somewhat wider than the sti internal bar 26, the excess material being disposed at the bottom and serving to receive a pair of fasteners of the type used for the pockets, these serving to secure the tapes to the bar, as shown at 46. The stiffening bar itself may be made of wood or other suitable material.

It is believed that the construction and method of use of my improved handbag holder, as well as the advantages thereof, will be apparent from the foregoing detailed description. It will also be apparent that while I have shown and described the invention is a preferred form, changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, as sought to be defined in the following sesamo claims. In the claims the reference to the pocket as having sides and a bottom is not intended to exclude the use of sides alone, when flexible, because as above explained, the lower ends of the sidesforrn a bottom when handbag is placed in the pocket.

I claim:

l. A handbag holder comprising a plurality of upright flexible tapes, a plurality oi handbag supporting pockets secured one above the other to said tapes, each of said handbag pockets having two sides and a bottom but being open at the top and ends, and means including a hook at the upper ends of said tapes to facilitate suspending the holder.

2. A handbag holder comprising a plurality of upright flexible tapes, a plurality of handbag pockets secured one above the other to said tapes for a total height not eX- ceeding that suitable for suspension in a typical clothes closet, each of said pockets having two sides and a bottom but being open at the top and ends, and means at the upper ends of said tapes to facilitate suspension in a clothes closet, said means including a rigid horizontal bar, a hook dimensioned like that of a clothes hanger, the lower end of said hook being secured to the middle of said bar, and the aforesaid tapes being secured to and being spaced apart by said bar.

3. A handbag holder comprising Va plurality of pairs of generally upright tapes, Va plurality of handbag pockets secured one above the other between said tapes, said pairs being spaced apart in a direction lengthwise of the pockets, the tapes of each pair being spaced apart by the pockets, eachV of said pockets having sides and a bottom, the upper edge of one side being secured to the tapes at that side and the upper edge of the other side being secured to the tapes at the latter side, and means at the upper ends ofsaid pairs of tapes to facilitate suspension of the holder.

4. A handbag holder comprising a pluralityV ofl pairs of generally upright tapes, a plurality of handbag pockets secured one above the other betweensaid tapes, each of said pockets being a piece of ilexible fabric folded to provide sides and a bottom, the upper edge of one side being secured to the tapes at that side and the upper edge of the other side'being secured to the tapes at the latter side, the resulting pockets being open at the top and ends, and means at the upperends of said pairs of tapes tate suspension of the holder.

5. A handbag holder comprising a plurality of pair-s of generally upright tapes, a plurality of handbag pockets secured one above the other between said tapes, said pairs heingvspaced apart in a direction lengthwise of the pockets, the tapes of each pair being spaced apart by the to facilipockets, each of said pockets having sides and a bottom, the upper edge of one side being secured to the tapes at that side and the upper edge of the other side being secured to the tapes at the latter side, and means at the upper ends of said pairs of tapes to facilitate suspension of the holder, said means including a rigid horizontal bar, a hook having its lower end secured to said bar, and the aforesaid pairs of tapes being secured to and being spaced apart by said bar.

6. A handbag holder comprising a plurality of pairs of generally upright tapes, a plurality of handbag pockets secured one above the other between said tapes, said pairs being spaced apart in a direction lengthwise of the pockets, the tapes of each pair being spaced apart by the pockets, each of said pockets having sides and a bottom, the upper edge or" one side being secured to the tapes at that side and the upper edge of the other side being secured to the tapes at the latter side, and means at the upper ends of said pairs of tapes to facilitate suspension of the holder, said means including a horizontal bar, a hooi; dimensioned generally like that or a clothes hanger, the lower end of said hook being secured to the middle of said bar, and the aforesaid pairs of tapes being secured to and being spaced apart by said bar.

7. A handbag holder comprising a plurality of pairs of generally upright tapes, a plurality of handbag pockets secured one above the other between said tapes for a height suitable for suspension in a typical clothes closet, each of said pockets being a piece of iiexible fabric folded to provide sides and a bottom, the upper edge of one side being secured to the tapes at that side and the upper edge of the other side being secured to the tapes at the latter side, the resulting pockets being open at the top and ends, and means at the upper ends of said pairs of tapes to a- `cilitate suspension of the holder in a clothes closet, said means including a horizontal bar, a hook dimensionedgenerally like that of a clothes hanger, the lower end of said hook being secured to the middle of said bar, and the aforesaid pairs of tapes being secured to and being spaced apartby said bar.

References Cited in the iile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,291,914 Kelley Jan. 21, 1919 1,579,023 Myers Mar. 30, 1926 2,710,638 Ford June 14, 1955 2,832,389 Smith Apr. 29, 1958 v FOREEGN PATENTS 455,192 Great Britain Oct. 15, 1936 

